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QUEBEC — Conservative Senator Josée Verner said she has has difficult moments since she learned on May 8 that she has cancer of the rectum. Verner, 55, revealed the health condition in an interview that was broadcast Friday by Radio-Canada, giving details of her battle with this little-known cancer. The senator has already gone through radiation […]

TransCanada has quietly been meeting with First Nations leaders ahead of its Energy East pipeline project, signing 32 “capacity funding agreements” with aboriginal communities in the past two years. Through these agreements, the energy firm donates money to a reserve and, in return, gets to pitch its $12 billion pipeline to community members. TransCanada is […]

Stubbornness, obstinacy, or an indefinite moratorium on Senate appointments cannot overcome explicit constitutional obligations. Canada has a bicameral federal Parliament and the Senate plays a central role for its proper operation.

Most reports couldn’t decide whether to blame the Conservatives more for the irresponsibility of bribery at a time of continuing budget pressures or for the miserliness of making the benefits taxable. Most settled for blaming the Tories on both counts.

Hundreds of First Nations will testify before the National Energy Board concerning the sprawling Energy East pipeline, but does that meet the Constitutional obligation the Crown has to consult with and accommodate First Nations whose treaty rights and land claims could be affected by the project?

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Serge Simon says the National Energy Board is little more than a “kangaroo court.” Even so, the Kanesatake Grand Chief will join hundreds of First Nations leaders later this year when he testifies at the NEB’s Energy East Pipeline hearings. Last week, the NEB released the names of 108 aboriginal intervener groups — a list that […]

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